Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Wasps

A person has to wonder about the evolutionary path of
a Wasp Sting. Quite certain there are theories that put the Wasp
Sting into the arena of survival of those Wasps that had the most
advantageous sting as they cruised their environment in search of
smaller creatures to paralyze before bundling into a perfectly hexagonal
chamber so their wretched offspring might have something to feed upon..
And too, interestingly enough, Boy Wasps have no sting, their role is
purely that of pleasuring Queens.

Nor was it enough for the Wasp to come up with an
honorable poison that would simply anesthetize a victim, send us unfortunates
into a genteel and painless decline with that vague chance of entering a dream
state where Honeysuckle and Buddleia are not considered a curse. Not in
the least did the first Wasps think that way. Their preference was for a poison
that produced terrible pain accompanied by near death experience as
consciousness watches flesh swell, followed by months of mind altering itchiness
and involuntary twitching.